Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-06-17


ternai tnxes, and believe that they
nave greatly increased: their. strength.
1t is hot thought chat Secretary
Fairchild will occupy such an ag
grsssiye, position on this subject as.
Mr, Manning did in his: last report,
THERE'S n, genernt.enxiety;to settle
all differences and agree upona plan
|iof action, but the trouble IS that both
factions want to settle according to
their own plans And this furnishes
another reason why some are .yigor-.
odsly opposing the,tendency toward
an extra session. They want more
time for Strategic work. Its claimed
for the Randall men that, by an ac-
tual count of ;noses already made,
they;mill number more than they did
in the last House; and that their num-
Der will still further increase ayainst
the regular meeting Of Congress in
December Randall lis opposed to
an. extra sessions dnd both the Presi-
dent and Secretary Fairchild are dis,
inclined toward it, because they fear
that it.would accomplish nothing
The, si1pati i 9,j il .fssl1 Of doubts and
entangleinents, - ~
The auestics osthe legality of the
appointment'ofSthes interstate Com.
missioners-bas again been raised, and
it is intimated that the; railroad cor.
porations will endeasor to bring that
question before the United States
Supreme Court Even before the
adiournmehtsof the last Congress the
power Of the President to: appoint
the Commissioners during the ensu-
ing recess was called into question.
1t was maintained that as the Com.
mission was created by the then ex-
listing Congress- the nominations
should be made in time for the Sen:
ate, then in session, to give its adj.
vice and consent there to-; that as
the offices were new they would come
under the bend Of vacancies happen
ing during n recess of the Senate,
and therefore the President would
have no legal right To make the ap
pointments after the adjournment of
the Senate. ~
Your correspondent had been in
formed by,a member of tho Cabinet
that this whole'question was exhaust
lively considered when it was first
raised and that the President and all
his advisers unanimously concurred
that there was mo doubt as to his ie-
gal right to appoint the Interstate
Commissioners during the recess.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has
addressed d letter to the collector Of Il
customs at SIN Ffahcisco transmit
ting an extract from a dispatch from
the United States commercial agent {
at Noumoa, New Caledonia, "a French
penal ,colony,3ipsregard to the pro.
posed expectation vof. copxiots from
that colony to San Francisco. Judge
Maynard instructed the; collector. to
take especial care that the Immigrant.
Y. lsWs are properly enforced, so as to
event the landing of any persons
shipped to this country. If found
IN be convicts, as alleged, or if found
80 belong to any of the classes of
aliens whose landing is prohibited.
The appropriation in the legisla-
tive, judicial and executive appropri-
alton bill, for the compensation of as
.sistant district attorneys for the next
fiscal year having been found to be
$4,000 less than the appropriation
for the same. .c"1pcse for the current
year, Attorney General Garland is
considering o plan for dispensing
with certain assistant district attor
neys and reducing the salaries of
others, SO as to keep the expendi-
lures within the limits Of the appro.
priation: L.
The shipments of coal over. the
Norfolk & Western. railroad for the
fourth week Of May amounted to 49,